Milk-can container and server.



T. DAVIS & A. REININGER.

MILK CAN CONTAINER AND SERVER.

APPLICATION vmm MAY 20. 1914.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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UNITED STATES OFFICE."

- THOMAS DAVIS AND AUGUST MINING-E8 015' SAN .FBANOISUO, CALIFORNIA.

KIRK-CAN CONTAINER AND SERVER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, TnoMAs DAVIS and AUcUsT REININGER, citizens of the United Milk-Can Containers and Servers, of which vertically positioned sleeve members the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a milk can container and server.

The object of the present invention 1s to provide a container within which a can of condensed milk, or the like, may be placed for use on a table, and to provide a pair of members by which the can may be perforated, and by which pouring and venting apertures are formed.

Furtherobjeots will hereinafter appear.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-.

Figure 1 is a central, vertical section,

showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the perforator, which also serves the functionof an air vent.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a standard form of condensed milk can, and 2 the container conforming generally to the size and shape of the can. The upper end of the container is provided with a top 3, and the lower end is threaded, as at 4 to receive a screw-bottom 5 by which the can is secured within the container. A suitable form of handle 6 is otherwise provided by which the container, with inclosed milk can, may be lifted and tilted.

Suitably secured to the top of the container area pair of internally threaded},

an 8, and adapted to be screwed through said sleeves for the purpose of perforating the can, and also for the purpose of providing pouring and venting apertures, a pouring spout 9 and an air-vent member 10 are provided. The air-vent member, more clearly shown in Fig. 2, is externally threaded at 11, and the upper end of same is provided with a pair of wing extensions 12 by which it may be turned. The lower end is considerably reduced in diameter, as at 13,

and the extreme end is pointed, at 14, to provide means for perforating the can. A central passage 15 opening to the atmos- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application flied May 20, 1914. Serial No. 889,742.

Patented June 15, 1915.

phere at the upper end, and communicating with a lateral passage 16 near the lower end, forms a vent through which air is admitted to the can. A washer. 17 is forced on to the lower reduced end of the venting perforator, and this forms a packing between the can and the perforator which prevents any leakage of milk at this point, The pouring spout, indicated at 9, is similarly constructed, with the exception that the upper end of same is bent, as at 18, to resemble a pouring spout as much as possible.

In operation, when desiring to insert a new can, it is necessary to unscrew the pouring and venting perforators until the points of same are drawn up into the internally threaded sleeves 7 and 8. The milk can is then inserted and secured within the container by screw-bottom 5. The pouring and venting perforators are then screwed down through sleeves 7 and 8 until gaskets 17 become firmly seated on top, of the can. When the can is thus perforated, leakage is prevented by the provision of gaskets 17; the lower reduced end 13 of each perforator may be slightly grooved, as at 20, to form a perfect seat for the gasket which is thus prevented from falling ofi'. A container constructed as here shown is simple in construction, and the provision of the perforating members 9 and 10 provides a simple mechanism which can be easily understood by any one., The perforators are furthermore removable, and may be taken out from time to time to be cleaned, making a perfectly sanitary device. The materials and finish of the several parts of the container are such as the experience and judgment of the manufacturer may dictate.

We wish it understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims, and that we do not wish to limit ourselves to the specific design and construction here shown.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In combination with a container, 9. pair of interiorly threaded sleeves connected to its top and projecting above said top to produce comparatively long bearings, a

Q meaeeo lower end of each member for seating engagement on top of a can inserted in the container, said washers being movable with the members, and when contracted being 15 adapted to pass through the bearings. I In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS DAVIS. AUGUST REININGER.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. HERRING, W. W. HEALEY- 

